Curtain supporting means and master slides for ceiling installation



FORD ET AL CURTAIN SUPPORTING MEANS AND MASTER Filed Nov. 13, 1951SLIDES FOR CEILING INSTALLATION x F 2 5% g I 2 a i 2 13m K fij NJ 4 w: 2N rm Q 5 :5: uiz? i 1:3: -L m 6 w m 2 ATTORNEYS United States PatentCURTAIN SUPPORTING MEANS AND MASTER SLIDES FOR CEILING INSTALLATIONJames A. Ford and Ralph E. Bell, Sturgis, lVIich., assignors to KirschCompany, Sturgis, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application November13, 1951, Serial No. 255,962

1 Claim. (Cl. 160126) This invention relates to curtain rods andhardware for use in slidably supporting curtains or drapes andparticularly to such rods and master slides which may be used adjacent aceiling but which will not tend to disfigure or rumple the headings ofthe curtains.

Heretofore master slides have been provided for use with ceiling curtainrods but in all such slides at the point where the curtains meet andoverlap there has been a tendency to rumple the tops and so disarrangethem that the curtains or drapes soon lose the desired appearance.

One object of this invention is to overcome the aforesaid difliculty.

Another object of the invention is to provide master slides for use witha downwardly-facing channeled rod which have overlapping extending armswhich are oflset both from one another and from the edge of the rod sothat French headings or pleated headings at the top of the curtains ordrapes may be brought together in overlapping relationship withoutdisarranging them.

Another object of the invention is to provide such headings which can beemployed in standard present-day equipment.

Another object is to provide such slides which will be freely slidableso as to give ease of operation when used with traverse cords or otheroperating means.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the accompanyingdescription of the invention and the accompanying drawings, in whichFig. 1 is a front elevation of a curtain rod with the master slides ofthis invention in position thereon;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detailed sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1showing the curtain or drape held in position on the slides; and

Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the curtain hardware shown the rod 1 is a conventional channeled rodof generally C-shaped cross section which consists of a base 2 which maybe attached to a ceiling 3 by means of suitable screws 4. The side walls5 bend down and around and terminate in inwardly-facing flanges 6 whichserve as a bracket for the curtain supporting members and the masterslides 7 and 8. Each of these master slides consists of supportingmembers 9, each of which has a pair of lateral grooves 10 therein whichfit over and slide along the inwardly-facing flanges 6 of the rod 1.Secured to the bottom of the members 9 by means of a suitable rivet 11are plates 12. These plates extend under and are substantiallyco-extensive in width with the rod 1. Each of the plates is providedwith an aperture 13 and a hook 14 adapted to anchor it to the traversecords which are conventional and which are not illustrated.

Each of the slides has a dependent flange 15, which, in the case ofslide 7, terminates in an extension arm 16, which extends parallel withand adjacent and below one side of the rod 1. The extension arm 16extends beyond the slide 7 as is best seen in Figs. 2 and 3. It isprovided 2,720,919 Patented Oct. 18, 1955 with a suitable hole 17 toreceive a hook 18 to support a drape 19 which may be provided withpleats 20 as shown in Fig. 3. Apertures 21 and 22 are provided in theflange 15 to receive hooks 23 and 24 which are secured to the drape orcurtain 19.

The master slide 8 has an extension 25 extending later ally therefromand beyond the side of the rod, as shown in Fig. 2. This extension 25terminates in an extension arm 26 which extends parallel with the rod 1but in spaced relation thereto and therebelow.

The extension arm 26 is apertured at 27 to receive a hook 28 and at 29to receive a hook 30 and the flange 15 of the slide 8 is apertured at 31to receive a hook 32 to support a drape 33 which is pleated as shown at34 in the same way as the curtain or drape 19 is pleated, as shown at20.

The extension arms 16 and 26 lie on the same side of the rod and are atthe same level. They extend in opposition to one another so that theymay overlap when the slides 7 and 8 are brought into meeting positioncentrally of the rod. In so doing, they carry the curtains or drapes 19and 33 into overlapping relation. However, because the extension armsare disposed either at or beyond the side of the rod 1, the headings ofthe drapes may extend up above the extension arms and nearly to theceiling 3 so as to completely conceal the rod when the drapes are pulledtogether without bending over or disarranging the heads of the drapes.The oflfset relationship of the rods permits one drape to overlap theother, as shown in Fig. 3.

The weight of the curtains or drapes tends to cant the master slides 7and 8, thus creating contraction. To overcome this contraction andprovide a smooth, easyrunning set of slides, the supporting means 9 arepreferably made of molded plastic material. A suitable material of thistype is sold under the trademark Nylon.

It is possible with the above arrangement of parts to providesatisfactory ceiling support for curtains or drapes and to providesupporting means which overlap and which do not bend down or disarrangeflanged slides so that thereby the entire time that the curtains ordrapes are in position they remain neat and attractive in appearance.The slides are so constructed that they are easy to operate.

The preferred form of the invention has been shown and described by wayof illustration. It will be under stood, however, that equivalentstructures may be employed and that there is no intention in describingthis one form of the invention to be limited to that specific form.

We claim:

A master slide for traverse curtains comprising a nylon support slidablymountable in a channeled curtain rod having spaced inwardly-facinghorizontal flanges, said support having horizontal grooves opening toopposite sides thereof and lying in a common horizontal plane andadapted to fit slidably over the flanges of said curtain rod, ahorizontal plate secured to the bottom of said support and having anoffset extending laterally therefrom to a terminal end offset laterallyfrom said support and grooves and having an extension arm at saidterminal end extending parallel to said grooves in said support butoffset therefrom and beyond the end of said plate and said support.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,848,086 Volland Mar. 1, 1932 1,855,036 Vroom Apr. 19, 1932 1,876,060Kirsch Sept. 6, 1932 1,916,719 Dover July 4, 1933 1,949,224 Toelle Feb.27, 1934 2,627,625 Kunath Feb. 10, 1953

